Gordon Stein quotes
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“The Age of Reason was responsible for making more people into infidels than any other book except the Bible.”
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“Obviously, if theism is a belief in a God and atheism is a lack of a belief in a God, no third position or middle ground is possible. A person can either believe or not believe in a God. Therefore, our previous definition of atheism has made an impossibility out of the common usage of agnosticism to mean "neither affirming nor denying a belief in God."”
-- Gordon SteinSource : Gordon Stein (1980). “An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism”
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“Because of the confusion surrounding the term "agnosticism," it would seem better to use the very similar term "rationalism" in its place when referring to the original Huxleyan meaning of the term. The use of "rationalist" for "agnostic" would also seem to be less ambiguous.”
-- Gordon SteinSource : Gordon Stein (1980). “An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism”
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“There are a large number of people who can and do manage to lead decent upright lives with no use for a belief in God as a guide. Atheists do not care whether others believe as they do. They do ask, however, for the right to believe as they wish.”
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“We should always keep an open mind about any new phenomenon in nature. To merely say that's impossible, therefore it doesn't exist, is to commit a serious error. A much better approach would be to say That's quite unlikely, but show me the evidence you have that says that it may be so. It would be the height of arrogance to think that man knows everything possible about the Universe or the Earth. There are many things yet to be discovered, and that is why we have scientific research (or any kind of research). That should be the rationalist's approach to parapsychology and the occult.”
-- Gordon Stein
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Source : "Boundaries And Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.
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Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.
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“Religions survive mainly because they brainwash the young.”
Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books
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“A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.”
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“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.”
Source : John Stuart Blackie (1858). “On beauty: three discourses delivered in the University of Edinburgh”, p.104
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“I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.”
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